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Stephen Luk | all galleries >> Entomology in Ecuador >> Tiputini Biodiversity Station (2011) >> Insects of Ecuador: Tiputini >> Diptera of Tiputini, Ecuador > Soldier Fly, Merosargus sp. (Stratiomyidae: Sarginae)
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06-MAY-2011

Soldier Fly, Merosargus sp. (Stratiomyidae: Sarginae)

Tiputini Forest Reserve, Prov. Orellana, Ecuador

Merosargus species are associated with decaying vegetation. This female was one of several hovering back and forth over a fallen banana leaf.
iNaturalist observation

Canon EOS Digital Rebel XSi
1/200s f/16.0 at 100.0mm iso100 full exif

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